Improvement in hat and cotton-presses



niiet .girata aient @titille Letteos Patent No. 95,416, dated October 5, 1869.

IMLPROVEMENT IN HAY lANID COTTON-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it ma/J concern Be itknown that I, J onN BERKELEY, of Washington, in the county of Washington, and State of Texas, have invented a new and improved Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is-a full, clear, and exact 'description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make andyuse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in presses for cotton, hay, and similar substances, designed to provide a portable press, of simple and cheap construction, mounted on wl1eels,'for moving it from place `to place, and arranged for adjusting the case in a vertical position for filling, and in a horizontal position forpressing,' the followerbeingalso arranged to work inra horizontal position, all as hereinafter morev fully specified.

Figure l represents a side elevation partly in section;

Figure 2 represents a front-end view; and

Figure 3 represents a detail. y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The packing-box A is mounted upon trnnnions at B, npon the-portable frame G, for adjusting it to the vertical position for filling, orto the horizontal position for pressing.

It is also provided with doors on each side, to be opened for discharging the finished bale. These doors are held in the yclosed position while filling the box', by the hooks and staples at E, and while pressing,cla1np ing-bars F. Gr are applied on each side, as cleal'ly shown in fig. 1.

' The end of the box, represented at the top in red, in ig. 1, is always open when in that position, and yis closed by the vertical bulkhea'd H, when the box is turned down, and this bulkhead opposes the force of l for operating the follower, a sweep-shaft, N, supported vertically between the arms M', is provided, having a drum, N1, fixed loosely thereon, but capable of being connected theretofor rotation, by a button, N2.

From this drum, motion is imparted to a windingshaft, O, by a'cord, O1, over aconioal drum, 02, having a spiral groove wherein the cord works, in a manner to have greater leverage as the pressure increases.

From the shaft O, cords P work over pulleys at the end of the arms M, and they are fastened to the flaming.

For drawing the follower back, a cord, Q, is connected to the follower, and to the shaft N, which, when the latter isturned in the direction opposite to that for effecting the pressing, will draw the follower out,

To cause the cord Ol to wind properly both on the drums N1 and O, I havel'lrovided a spiral groove, It, on the` shaft O, of the saine pitch, and in the same direction as the groove inthe said drum O2; also a guide, Ff, working in the said spiral groove It, which` imparts a longitudinal movement to the shaft, which causes the oord to wind properly thereon.

'lhe bale,'after being pressed, is removed through either side, one of the doors D, thereof, being opened previous to changing the position of the case.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl1. The combination of the sWeep-shaftN, drum Nl, shaft O, spirally-grooved drum O2, and follower, when arranged substantially as specified.

2. 'Ihe arrangement ofthe spirally-groovedA drum O2, shaft O, and guide It, all substantially as specified.

3. The arrangement of the sweep N, loose drum N1, button N2, withdrawing-cord Q, and follower M, all

O. P. MONROE, J. R. CLARK. 

